Revolutionary Values for a New Millennium: John Adams, Adam Smith, and Social VirtueLexington Books, 2000 - 233 pages In his study, Hill challenges common interpretations of the political thought of Adams and Smith, providing scholars and students with an engaging and novel portrait of social and political theory in America, at its founding and at the inception of the twenty-first century. |
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... Theology . To my own Master I stand or fall . ” 70 In another letter to Benjamin Waterhouse seven months later ( in December , 1815 ) , Adams wrote : " The Christian is the Religion of the heart : but the heart is deceiptfull above all ...
... Theology . To my own Master I stand or fall . ” 70 In another letter to Benjamin Waterhouse seven months later ( in December , 1815 ) , Adams wrote : " The Christian is the Religion of the heart : but the heart is deceiptfull above all ...
Page 198
... theology is about today . The founders un- derstood that revelation must be tested by reason . Does that destroy revelation ? I think not . I believe that what it does is to protect fallible persons from human perversions of religious ...
... theology is about today . The founders un- derstood that revelation must be tested by reason . Does that destroy revelation ? I think not . I believe that what it does is to protect fallible persons from human perversions of religious ...
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... theology , 198 Thompson , C. Bradley , 72 , 176 Thomson , Charles , 64 Thoreau , Henry David , 146 , 188 three - fifths compromise , 183 Tillich , Paul , 128-130 Tocqueville , Alexis de , 27 , 71 , 83 , 100 , 106 , 127 , 140 , 184 , 188 ...
... theology , 198 Thompson , C. Bradley , 72 , 176 Thomson , Charles , 64 Thoreau , Henry David , 146 , 188 three - fifths compromise , 183 Tillich , Paul , 128-130 Tocqueville , Alexis de , 27 , 71 , 83 , 100 , 106 , 127 , 140 , 184 , 188 ...
Contents
Revolutionary Values | 21 |
Virtues for Democratic Citizens | 59 |
Individuality within Communities | 83 |
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